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Amazon buys 'Brittany Runs a Marathon' at Sundance for $14M
PARK CITY, Utah - In its third major buy of the Sundance Film Festival, Amazon Studios has acquired the world rights for the inspirational comedy "Brittany Runs a Marathon " for $14 million. Deadline ...
Jan 30, 2019
Trapped in Gaza, star of Sundance doc misses film festival
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - A new documentary called "Gaza" is hitting the screens at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival this week, providing a colorful glimpse of life in the blockaded Hamas-ru...
Jan 30, 2019
Feds indict powerful Philly union boss, councilman, others
PHILADELPHIA - A powerful union boss who has long held a tight grip on construction jobs in the Philadelphia region and wielded political power in the city and Statehouse has been indicted on embezzle...
Jan 30, 2019
Five top public servants to warn of major meddling with next federal election
OTTAWA - The federal government is creating a new mechanism to warn Canadians if malicious actors try to manipulate the outcome of this fall's election. It is establishing a "critical election inciden...
Jan 30, 2019
Struggling seal pup receiving treatment after rescue off Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A dehydrated, severely underweight northern fur seal pup is being treated at a rescue centre in Vancouver after being scooped from the waters off the northeast coast of Vancouver Isla...
Jan 30, 2019
Let the bell ring out: Moose Jaw city council clamps clapper replacement
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A clarion call has gone out in Moose Jaw, Sask., to repair a more than century-old bell that sits atop the city hall clock tower and some day make it&n...
Jan 30, 2019
Halifax councillors join Vancouver in declaring climate emergency
Halifax has become the second Canadian city to declare a climate emergency. Council voted Tuesday to pass a mostly symbolic acknowledgment that climate change is a serious and urgent threat....
Jan 30, 2019
Andreescu, Marino, Abanda and Dabrowski named to Canada's Fed Cup roster
TORONTO - Rising star Bianca Andreescu headlines Canada's roster for next week's Fed Cup World Group II first-round tie against the Netherlands. Tennis Canada says she'll be joined by Rebecca Mar...
Jan 30, 2019
Some provinces creating challenges for infrastructure projects: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Unco-operative provincial governments have been making the effort to get more infrastructure dollars into Canada's cities a challenge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. Trudeau, whos...
Jan 30, 2019
Strongest tornado in 8 decades hits Cuba; 3 dead, 172 hurt
HAVANA - Neighbourhood brigades and teams of government workers hacked at fallen trees and hauled chunks of concrete out of collapsed homes Monday as the Cuban capital attempted to recover from what o...
Jan 30, 2019
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